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African Cities
and the Challenge
of Climate Change
African cities’ planning and development is a priority to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and fight climate change.
Launched to contribute to this objective, CICLIA is the missing link between the implementation of international and national climate strategies and the concrete needs of these cities, which are facing an unprecedented rate of urbanization
CICLIA supports local African authorities in developing and financing low-carbon and resilient urban projects that serve the fight against climate change.
CICLIA’s commitment is essential to promote inclusive and sustainable projects that benefit the inhabitants of African cities.
African cities’ development is a priority to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and fight climate change. Launched to contribute to this objective, CICLIA is the missing link between the application of international and national climate strategies and the concrete needs of these cities, which are facing an unprecedented rate of urbanization.
CICLIA supports local African actors in developing low-carbon and resilient urban projects that serve the fight against climate change.
CICLIA’s commitment is essential to promote inclusive and sustainable projects that benefit the inhabitants of African cities.
Climate at the Heart of African cities' Development
CITIES AND CLIMATE IN AFRICA,
Funding and expertise for a sustainable development of African cities
In Africa, there are more than 550 million city residents today
Increased exposure to climate change risks
The need for low-impact urban development
More than 550 million city residents in Africa today
Increased exposure to climate change risks
The need for
low-impact urban development
Most African cities develop spontaneously, with little or no planning and compliance with standards. In 2015, more than 55% of Africa's population lived in precarious neighborhoods.
Flooding, coastal erosion, heat waves, waterborne diseases and the acceleration of exceptional climatic events, among other factors, make it essential to design sustainable infrastructures and to preserve natural ecosystems.
55%
More than 550 million city residents in Africa today
Increased exposure to climate change risks
The need for
low-impact urban development
Like everywhere else in the world, cities, which concentrate population and economic activities, significantly contribute to global warming.
They account for 70% of global energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. With low emissions at this stage, African cities can still have an impact on their growth and act in favor of low-carbon development.
70%
Strong demographic pressure and major rural transformations fuel the highest urban growth in the world (4% per year on average).
billion
001
2050
million
500
2022
nearly
1 billion
in 2050
More than 550 million city residents in Africa today
Increased exposure to climate change risks
The need for
low-impact urban development
African cities are key stakeholders in planning and implementing the resilience of populations and infrastructures facing climate change, and in integrating their development into the objectives of sustainable development.
The majority of the required adaptation measures are or will be locally implemented. The local scale is relevant when facing challenges varying according to context, and it also allows the implementation of necessary mitigation and adaptation strategies.
As local public policy makers and service and infrastructure managers, cities are best positioned to implement national and international climate commitments while improving the daily lives of their populations.
Low-carbon, resilient and inclusive development dynamics
Today, the preservation of the planet as well as the strengthening of social cohesion and local institutions are the ambitions that drive CICLIA's action.
Imagining and implementing sustainable cities requires time for strategic and technical studies as well as for the mobilization of appropriate expertise.
CICLIA's support to cities before the investment has a threefold ambition:
Determining the feasibility of low-carbon and resilient projects
Promoting the social inclusion of the most vulnerable,
Strengthening the capacities of local authorities.
CICLIA marks a turning point by placing climate change measures at the heart of urban development policies, strategies and programs.
Introduced in the wake of the Paris Agreements, CICLIA is one of the very first financing and support initiatives to integrate climate change issues into project preparation for African urban populations.
For CICLIA, climate is a pillar of urban planning and development in Africa
Focus on
Project classification
Focus on
"Solar street lighting in Kampala: towards a more inclusive city"
Interview
with Olga Koukoui,
AFD Project Team Leader,
Urban Development,
Planning, Housing
The unique challenges of climate change adaptation and ecosystem preservation, of urban mobility and social inclusion, and of access to basic services all require massive investments and specific know-how. Faced with limited resources, many African cities are seeking financial support and expertise.
The unique challenges of climate change adaptation and ecosystem preservation, of urban mobility and social inclusion, and of access to basic services all require massive investments and specific know-how.
Faced with limited resources, many African cities are seeking financial support and expertise.
CICLIA, a Facility for Technical Assistance and Preparation of Low-Carbon and Resilient Urban Projects
Financing and conducting studies in the very first phase of projects to integrate climate as a basis for urban development
1
Skills transfer
to local stakeholders
and support during
the study phase
2
Valorization, among African and international professionals, of the solutions provided by each project to the SDGs.
3
To turn these ambitions into reality, CICLIA combines 3 levers with a 3-act mission
PREPARE
STRENGTHEN
LEARN
Through its planning, programming and feasibility studies, as well as additional analyses of climate change impacts, CICLIA enables solid technical projects to emerge.
Developing local climate strategic frameworks and upstream studies on “sustainable city” investment projects
Zoom
To Petola project - Flood and health risk management (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo)
"A project starts with an idea, an identification, and then you have to prepare the project, otherwise you will never succeed…”
Robert Luzolanu,
Robert Luzolanu, Coordinator of the commune of Kinshasa’s urban development unit.
Strengthening cities’ financial governance and self-management capacities
Through the financing and deployment of financial expertise and actions to reinforce management skills, CICLIA supports local authorities and contributes to the sustainability of urban projects.
Zoom
Bobo-Dioulasso - Local food supply for markets (Burkina Faso)
"We carry out capacity building actions for the community, including market facilities management and local taxation improvements."
Gabriel Charasse,
AFD Project Team Leader - Urban Development, Planning
and Housing Division
Identifying and promoting the most relevant solutions to climate and societal challenges
Raising awareness of urban and climate issues in Africa, capitalizing on the results achieved, disseminating good practices and proven methods: promotion of knowledge is also at the heart of CICLIA's mission.
Study trip to Lomé: overview of an instructive peer-to-peer exchange of experience and best practice
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of:
a financing
billion
euros
,
1,2
for the implementation of
11 infrastructure and urban services
projects
for the implementation of 11 infrastructure
and urban services projects
million
euros
510
preparation of
urban projects (infrastructure and service)
19
This technical assistance has already enabled:
technical
assistance
contracts
29
To this day, nearly
11 million euros
have been invested into
the Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs
(SECO)
million
euros
million
euros
European Union
(EU)
8
3
from
co-donors
million
euros
11
which
enabled it
to raise
To finance its activities until april 2023, CICLIA received
To finance its activities
until april 2023,
CICLIA received a
€1,4 million
envelope from AFD
,
a
million euros envelope
from AFD
The scope of CICLIA's intervention, from financing to technical assistance, has a strong impact thanks to a twofold leverage effect.
A commitment with a twofold leverage effect
690
with 7 new projects
to be granted
in the next
2 years
million euros
9 have been co-financed, including 7 by the European Union and 3 by the World Bank
mobilisation of 4 innovative Climate Finance instruments
11 projects :
Concrete Results with Strong Impacts
Nearly €11 million committed to the building of sustainable cities in Africa
39
African cities
10 capital cities
29 intermediate cities
Technical assistance funded by CICLIA
(per country and per themes)
16 supportive of climate change adaptation,
10 supportive of climate change mitigation,
3 mixed
Urban development (incl. precarious neighborhoods)
Solid waste
Energy
Transport & Mobility
Local economic development
Climate strategies and disaster risk management
Urban water
CICLIA's commitment is already producing significant outcomes.
Preservation of the planet, Improvement of social cohesion, Strengthening of local institutions,
A high-impact commitment
tons of CO2 equivalent
can be avoided
.
-
-300.000
(including more than 3 million living under the poverty line) will see their living conditions improved thanks to access to basic services and green and sustainable infrastructure
million
of people
,
7,9
950
working in the cities supported by CICLIA have benefited from a strengthening of their capacity (knowledge, expertise, know-how)
people
more than
Monrovia (Liberia)
Bangui (CAR)
Kinshasa (DRC)
Kigali (Rwanda)
Ganvie
(Benin)
Uganda
Kenya
Conakry (Guinea)
Lomé
(Togo)
Kano (Nigeria)
Ogun (Nigeria)
Djibouti
(Djibouti)
Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)
Mwanza (Tanzania)
Tanga (Tanzania)
Uganda
Kampala (Uganda)
Cape Town
(South Africa)
Durban
(South Africa)
Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)
Cape Town
(South Africa)
Madagascar
Guinea
Abidjan
(Ivory Coast)
Yaounde
(Cameroon)
MONROVIA Liberia
LOMÉ
Togo
GANVIE
Benin
KINSHASA DRC
CAPE TOWN
South Africa
KIGALI
Rwanda
DURBAN
South Africa
Global Ambitions,
Local Implementation
Global Ambitions,
Local Implementation
Monrovia (Liberia)
Kigali (Rwanda)
Durban
(South Africa)
Kinshasa (DRC)
Ganvie
(Benin)
Lomé (Togo)
Lomé (Togo)
Cape Town
(South Africa)